West Of Broadway Podcast

In this episode of West of Broadway Will and Lara talk with FOX 11 Entertainment Reporter Amanda Salas about the opening night of Hello Dolly at the Pantages Theater now playing until Feb 17th. The three rave about Betty Buckley's performance along with the entire fantastic production. They also discuss how they all met and their amazing friend Matthew Hoffman the founder of the inspiring charity Tuesdays with Matthew. Run don't walk to the Pantages Theater! We may see you there, because we are going back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special "Mini Episode" of West of Broadway, Lara Scott talks with Bryce Charles who is starring as Sarah in Pasadena Playhouse's production of Ragtime. Bryce is ecstatic to be making her Pasadena Playhouse debut with Ragtime! She earned her BFA in Musical Theater from AMDA College and Conservatory. Regional Theater: Blues in the Night (dir. Sheldon Epps; The Wallis Annenberg). National Tour: The Book of Mormon (2nd National). TV: Encore, Blackish (ABC); Fuller House, Tales of the City (Netflix); Teachers (TV Land). Twenty years after its premiere, the great American musical returns to LA. Nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Ragtime tells the story of three families at the turn of the 20th Century in pursuit of the American dream. The award-winning score uses ragtime rhythms to paint a portrait of the people who built this country with the hopes for a brighter tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s our first show of 2019, an this is going to be another incredible year of musical theatre here in Southern California….We love that there are so many CLASSIC shows this season that a lot of us will get to see for the first time… Lara talks about her experience at Wicked with her children and we also look back at the fantastic performance in Pasadena from the Lythgoe Family Panto's 'Wonderful Winter of OZ.) Then we discuss the amazing season to come at Pantages and Ahmanson! HELLO DOLLY (late January) KINKY BOOTS (February) CATS (late Feb) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (March) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (April) LES MISERABLES (May) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (June) RENT (July) the 20th anniversary tour Miss Saigon (late July) And then looking ahead to the fall…the national tour of FROZEN will roll into LA! And over in Downtown LA at the Ahmanson Theatre…. CINDERELLA (Feb) Matthew Bourne has transformed the fairy tale that we all know and love into a wartime romance! FALSETTOS (April) This is a Tony-award winne

It’s curtain up on another episode of West of Broadway, a celebration of musical theatre in Los Angeles with celebrity publicist and theatre veteran Will Armstrong https://www.instagram.com/willarmstrongpr/, along with radio host and theatre enthusiast Lara Scott https://www.instagram.com/larascottmedia/, On this episode we discuss the first national tour of the tony award-winning Broadway smash COME FROM AWAY which opened its los angeles engagement on November 28th at the Ahmanson theatre…and we were there!!! The story is centered around 9/11….and yet there are some very funny moments…it’s really beautifully done and not disrespectful at all…everyone that I could see around us seemed old enough to remember 9/11, and we all have so many stories around that—after the show, you and I were talking about where we were and what we were doing when we found out the first plane hit the world trade center…so there is a lot of emotion around this. And ultimately, the message is that out of tragedy something beautiful c

In this episode of West of Broadway, Will heads to the red carpet at the Pantages Theater for Opening Night of A Bronx Tale where he gets to talk one on one with the stars! Then we join Will and Lara to review A Bronx Tale before we are joined by Theater reviewer and new WOB Ensemble member Melanie Hooks to talk about In a Booth at Chasen's running at The El Portal Theater and then we meet Elizabeth Lucin and Craig Sherman fill us in on the Color Purple playing at Greenway Playhouse! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for a conversation with Greenway Arts Alliance's Production of The Color Purple's very own April Nixon and Gabrielle Jackson. On stage here in LA until December 9th. After that, we catch up with West of Broadway Ensemble Member Jennifer Lynn O'Hara's review of Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center's production of Guys & Dolls! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Lara gets to hear about Will’s experience at the El Capitan Theater seeing the premier of the Disney film Nutcracker and the Four Realms. And then, they talk to Amanda Rafkin a Los Angeles-based composer, musical director, and pianist. She is the composer of the new musical The Lightning Howler, formerly titled 300 Bones, and is also the host, producer, pianist and musical director of Broadway LA Unplugged, a bi-monthly acoustic cabaret show. And then we’ll talk to Kelley Dorney and Brent Schindele the stars of IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN’S is a new musical about the real-life Hollywood romance of ron and nancy Reagan, playing at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood November 9 th through the 25 th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of West of Broadway Podcast we sit down with host Lara Scott to hear all about her exciting voyage aboard the Disney Dream. And then we catch up with Becky Baeling Lythgoe out of Lythgoe Family Panto to talk about her exciting new production The Wonderful Winter of OZ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have not 1 not 2 but 3 guests on West of Broadway! Lara and Will start things off with the founding artistic director of the Verdi Chorus Anne Marie Ketchum , We hop on the phone with Cabaret Legend Todd Murray to talk about his 2 new Christmas songs available on itunes and Sharon who is manager of ticket sales for the El Capitan Theater shares some valuable insider information about the legendary theater! It’s a fun one! Hope you enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of West of Broadway Lara and Will's Husband Bill discuss opening night of Beautiful the Carole King Story and we get a call from the DIVA Karen Mason while she's mid show of her production of Love Never Dies. Karen discusses her tour, cabaret and Hurricane Florence and then we wrap up with our very first report from our West of Broadway ensemble member Jennifer Lynn O'Hara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Will and Lara get to talk with the star of the national tour of Beautiful the Carole King Musical, Sarah Bockel about how excited she is to be coming to Los Angeles. And then we get a call fromJames Chiao the creator of Tenor by Night, his biographical story performing at the El Portal Theatre September 22 nd and 23 rd , Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Will and Lara catch up with our very first guest Laurie Wells and we introduce our listeners to our new correspondent Jennifer Lynn O'Hara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valerie Perri stars in Reprise 2.0's production of THE WORLD GOES ROUND featuring songs from the Tony-award-winning team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. THE WORLD GOES ROUND is at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse September 5th through the 16th, and tickets and more info are available at Reprise2.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Lara talks about her “Date Night” with her husband at the Pantages Theater seeing the National Tour of Waitress. Playing in LA until August 26th, it’ll be back this way on November 13th at the Segerstrom Center. After that, Will gets to connect with Tamlyn Brooke Shusterman, Broadway Veteran and founder of Broadway Artists Connection And International Children's Network Connect To Fight Poverty In Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this short and sweet episode of West of Broadway, Will sits down with Jeffrey Landman to discuss Musical Theater West's production of Most Happy Fella From the composer of Guys & Dolls, Frank Loesser’s most ambitious and romantic musical tells the heart-stopping story of unlikely love that blossoms in Napa Valley. Don’t miss the finale of the last season of the Reiner Staged Reading Series. With a full 23 piece orchestra. Tickets and information available: Musical.org JEFFREY LANDMAN began his career as a child actor in New York where he appeared on Broadway as Gavroche in Les Misérables and as Jason in Falsettos (also national tour). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of West of Broadway Will and Lara are at the Pantages theater celebrating the opening night of the ON YOUR FEET! National Tour. https://onyourfeetmusical.com Will and Lara meet in the lobby of the Pantages Theater for a "Lobby Talk" about this exciting and groundbreaking production. ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other—to become an international sensation: Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Now their story has arrived on stage in an exhilarating original production that’s already won the hearts of critics and audiences alike, with the Chicago Tribune declaring “IT’S A HIT!” and The New York Times cheering, “The very air in the room seems to vibrate in this undeniably crowd-pleasing musical!” “If you aren’t humming a Gloria Estefan hit when you leave the theater, it might be time to check your pulse!” raves the Associated Press. Directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), with choreography by

In this episode of West of Broadway will and Lara are at the Pantages theater celebrating the opening night of the Color Purple National Tour. Listen to Will and Lara discuss their excitement before they enter the theater and their recaps of the first and second acts. You’ll also get to hear Will talk backstage with two of the performers from the production. Gabrielle Reid and Clyde Voce discuss what it’s like to tour with this remarkable production and the timeless message that seems more relevant today than ever before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Lara and Will sit down to discuss the national tour of School of Rock on stage now at the Pantages Theater. Lara raves about her opening night experience and Will shares his one on one interviews with the cast along with a very special audio clip of an acoustic performance from the ensemble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Lara Scott and Will Armstrong are back from break and sitting down with Musical Theatre Guild members Will Collyer & Wendy Rosoff to discuss this remarkable organization and the work that goes behind producing their one night only musicals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of West of Broadway, Will Armstrong and Lara Scott speak with the amazing Shoshana Bean. Shoshana shares what is it like to walk the line between musical theater and being a recording artist. She also speaks about how has social media has shaped her relationship with your fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices